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Madison Family Photography | Getting Them All In The Frame

Welcome to the April edition of our Storytellers Blog Circle! If you’re new here, our intention is to use our collective posts to give you, our beautiful and amazing readers, our storyteller point of view. We’ll provide a little background, and then tell you why we’re drawn to the image and pass on the technical details (ignore if that’s not your thing 🙂 ).

So, here’s the thing. Our spring break wasn’t amazing. We semi-spontaneously drove to St. Louis, hoping for temps that would have been 15-20 degrees warmer than Wisconsin’s. I had visions of escaping the South Central WI snirt (snow+dirt) and exploring all the emerging buds, downy grass, flowering trees under a skin-kissing warm sky in Forest Park and the Missouri Botanical Garden.  In my pre-spring break head, this was going to be the upper midwest version of Dorothy landing in Oz. Technicolor and joyful wonder.

It cold rained, similar to scream cried, at some point every.single.day. Every museum was capacity filled and all five senses (for all five family members) totally overloaded. Kids’ behavior was less-than-stellar, and I found myself wishing we were at home, cathartically cleaning out closets instead. Ooof. We did have some memorable highlights: spending time with extended family, eating amazing BBQ, City Museum, our Airbnb loft with a ping-pong table to name a few.

For those of you who’ve been to City Museum (or heard about it), you know that your children can scatter like dandelion seeds in the wind.  They hike, jump, spiral through caves, tunnels, airplanes, and slides. Sometimes they’ll start on one floor and end up on another via the tunnel system. It’s amazingly creative and (more than) somewhat terrifying.  My storytelling goal was to get all three in the frame in a place where they’re never all together at the same time.  I used reflection and profile to illustrate this.

Black and white. Three boys look out the window of City Museum and watch kids playing on the playground outside.

Technical details: 24-70L @ 24mm, ISO 3200, f/5.6, 1/800

Shoot me any questions you may have about my storytelling process!

In the meantime, please continue the circle to see the talented Cynthia Dawson’s post HERE!

xo, Jen

 

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  • TanyaApril 10, 2018 - 9:27 am

    Oh I loved your story behind this! You are a wonderful writer as well as photographer! I absolutely adore this image too! How wonderful that you were able to get them all in the frame so creatively! Beautiful conversion as well!!ReplyCancel

  • Cynthia DawsonApril 11, 2018 - 9:19 am

    This is so good! Love all their reflections!ReplyCancel